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The city of Wrexham in north-east Wales has a history dating back to ancient times.

It's industrial, but has lost its former trades of coal-mining and brick-making. It was granted "city" status in , but this is ceremonial and doesn't affect its governance. In the population of Wrexham was 44, This is Wrexham is the visitor information centre. When the Romans arrived in 48 AD they encountered a tribe based in the Wrekin hillfort above Wroxeter.

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Since their reformation in , the club has been affiliated with Wrexham A. Before that, as Wrexham Ladies F. In , they became part of Wrexham F. During the season , they had a difficult time maintaining a full roster, and withdrew from the Premier League mid-season. In , they reformed the club as Wrexham A. They finished the season 4th in the league, and gained promotion into Division One. The Football Association on Wales decided to use a points per game PPG calculation to work out the finishing positions for the teams in the league. The FAW opened up both tiers to all clubs to apply to join. Wrexham applied for the Tier 2 North, and completed a successful first campaign in that new second tier, finishing runners-up to Llandudno - after losing to the champions in a winner-takes-all game on the final day of the season at Maesdu Park. On 27 June , the club announced that ten players have signed semi-professional contracts, a first in club history, [7] making them the first Adran Premier team to feature semi-professional players. Cardiff City F. At the start of , they were third in the league with striker Rosie Hughes leading the league in scoring. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

The A road is the main route into Wrexham from Mold and the city's western urban area. Archived from the original on 26 June

Formed in , [2] it is the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. The club initially participated in friendlies and cup competitions, and first entered a league by joining The Combination in It spent 13 seasons in the Combination and two seasons in the Welsh Senior League , winning four Combination titles and two Welsh Senior League titles. It spent 37 years in the Northern section until it was placed in the re-organised Third Division in and then relegated two years later. Wrexham was promoted out of the Fourth Division in —62, only to be relegated again two years later.

It's industrial, but has lost its former trades of coal-mining and brick-making. It was granted "city" status in , but this is ceremonial and doesn't affect its governance. In the population of Wrexham was 44, This is Wrexham is the visitor information centre. When the Romans arrived in 48 AD they encountered a tribe based in the Wrekin hillfort above Wroxeter.

Wrexham wiki

The city of Wrexham in north-east Wales has a history dating back to ancient times. The former market town was the site of heavy industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, and is now an active commercial centre. Wrexham was granted city status in Approximately 8, years ago Mesolithic man ventured to what is now the Wrexham area. These people were hunter-gatherers and led a nomadic existence. They left little tangible evidence of their existence, save a number of small flint tools called microliths that have been found in the Borras area. Both of these mounds lie within the grounds of Victorian properties in the south west of the city. It is likely that construction work within this area during the early 20th century eradicated other related features. The Acton Park Hoard [3] of skilfully made early Middle Bronze Age axe heads found in Wrexham suggests that the area was a centre of advanced and innovative metalworking. The area surrounding Wrexham is well served by several rivers, including the Clywedog , Alyn and Gwenfro, all of which are tributaries of the Dee.

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Archived from the original on 28 November Daily Post North Wales. The long salient to the south-west incorporates most of the Ceiriog Valley and includes part of the Berwyn range. Isaac Wilkinson took over in , and produced cannons for the Seven Years' War. Archived from the original on 24 March Town is walkable, but you really need wheels to explore further out. The 5—0 defeat did not spoil the occasion for the large home crowd, and later that season Wrexham managed to win the Welsh Cup for the first time in 26 years. He led Wrexham to promotion to the third division in his first season in charge and oversaw the 10—1 trouncing of Hartlepool United , which is still the club's record league victory. Chirk Wrexham Built-up area. Until the construction of the Island Green retail park, Wrexham Central station was located 50 metres further along the track. Nation Player 1.

It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley , near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire , and later the county of Clwyd in , it has been the principal settlement of Wrexham County Borough since Wrexham has historically been one of the primary settlements of Wales.

Retrieved 3 April Wrexham Football Club Ltd is the name of the "phoenix" company that took over the assets of the old Wrexham Association Football Club Limited — technically, the club is no longer known as Wrexham Association Football Club due to the takeover of the club by Neville Dickens and Geoff Moss and their associates; this is reflected on new merchandise, although most fans will still refer to it as "Wrexham AFC". Bangor-on-Dee racecourse is located in Bangor-on-Dee , and has held horse racing events since February Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Retrieved 25 August Archived from the original on 21 February Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. The county borough's boundaries can be characterised by two protrusions from the largely contiguous borders surrounding the city of Wrexham, sometimes defined as Maelor Gymraeg meaning "Welsh Maelor ". Storyline Edit. The police were formerly based at the Wrexham Police Station from to , with the building being demolished in The club's slide continued into the following season, and only goal difference prevented Wrexham from being forced to apply for re-election to the League. Bersham Colliery was opened in , as the Glan-yr-afon Colliery, located near Rhostyllen. Read Edit View history. The county borough has a strong industrial history; a notable early business is Bersham Ironworks , in the Clywedog Valley , which operated between and and pioneered cannon manufacture.